"BACK TO PLASTIC!" If signed, the executive order would affect laws in several Democratic-run states that currently have bans or restrictions on single-use plastic straws, such as California ...

The culture wars over plastic straws came roaring back Friday, as President Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order next week ending a Biden-era effort to phase them out by 2027. Paper ...

If you're drowning in plastic grocery bags, it may be time to do yourself and the environment a favor and cut back on using these types of bags. Plastic is piling up in every corner of the globe.

“It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump told White House reporters as he signed the order Monday. “These things don’t work,” he added, referring to ...

"So we're going back to plastic straws," the president added. Under former President Joe Biden, the Department of Interior in 2022 ordered a phase-out by 2032 of all single-use plastic products ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became ...

BACK TO PLASTIC!" Trump said ahead of signing the order. Trump told the head of his Domestic Policy Council to create a "national strategy to end the use of paper straws." (Some cities and states ...

Coca-Cola is scaling back its packaging sustainability goals ... which has long been criticized for being one of the world’s top producer of plastic pollutants, changed its “voluntary ...